{"id":72,"date":"2008-04-08T22:27:08","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T02:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metcaffeination.net\/weblog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2008-04-08T22:27:08","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T02:27:08","slug":"march-madness-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metcaffeination.net\/weblog\/2008\/04\/08\/march-madness-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I didn’t place in the top two of the March Madness pool I entered this year, but both my brackets did manage to beat all my other family members’ brackets. As I wrote in my previous entry<\/a>, I also filled out a third bracket, based entirely on a sophisticated ratings scheme<\/a>. I entered this bracket<\/a> in the ESPN<\/a> and Washington Post<\/a> tourney contests, but not the pool, as it was too boring to fill out. My loss!<\/p>\n

Out of 5898 entries in the Washington Post pool, this third bracket placed 52nd; out of what I think were about 3 million ESPN brackets, it finished 33229th. If I had entered it in my brother’s pool, it would have\u00a0scored 465 points and won.<\/p>\n

Let’s have a look at round-by-round performance to answer some bracket questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/th>\n1st<\/th>\nS16<\/th>\nE8<\/th>\nF4<\/th>\nsemi<\/th>\nchamp<\/th>\nPTS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
My brackets<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
pundits<\/a><\/td>\n24<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n385<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Statistics<\/a><\/td>\n22<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PYTHAG<\/a><\/td>\n24<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n465<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contest winners<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ESPN winner<\/a><\/td>\n26<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n555<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WaPost winner<\/a><\/td>\n26<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CBS pundits<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denis Dodd<\/a><\/td>\n23<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Freeman<\/a><\/td>\n24<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gary Parrish<\/a><\/td>\n23<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian De Los Santos<\/a><\/td>\n23<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gregg Doyel<\/a><\/td>\n22<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington Post pundit<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony Kornheiser<\/a><\/td>\n21<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CNN\/SI pundits<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke Winn<\/a><\/td>\n24<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grant Wahl<\/a><\/td>\n23<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n385<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stewart Mandel<\/a><\/td>\n23<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seth Davis<\/a><\/td>\n20<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelli Anderson<\/a><\/td>\n23<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n